How to Explain Getting FIRED From Your Last Job

Thanks this was very helpful! And made me feel better about myself as well, I am not less than!

Hey Don, how would I explain in a job application for being let go for" not being a good fit". My performance and relationship with my colleagues were great, but I had a toxic co-worker who was promoted to supervisor after a coworker retired. She lie to the controller about my job performance and was trying to pass on her work load on me & others. She finally got me fired. The company didn't have any other excuse, but to say I wasn't a good fit, with no explanation. What should I say in an interview. I a very personable person and have lots of experience in finance, & customer service, but have been holding a part time job since. I have not had luck in finding a steady job. This experience has been very traumatic, not to mentioned I don't know if ageism is beginning to affect me in the job search. Any recommendation will be greatly appreciated. I am schedule for an interview next week and this is hindering my possibilities in getting a new job. Thank you for you videos & the recommendations given.

Fired after only 7 weeks due to "not being a good fit", do I even list them on my resume?

What matters is if you have redeeming value that will compensate for being fired. That's just the way of the world and unless you are in politics chances are you will have a problem

I was fired, yet .....was given ALL of my accrued PTO...and holidays. To me... that spells wrongdoing!! In your experience...how common is that??

Sir how do I let a employer know on my application or job interview, that I was fired for actually being unethical. Long story short my boss called me dumb, I told him that I wasn't gonna work for him anymore and his wife started yelling at me. I called her a b** and he called me a b** back and said he would love for me to be gone so I got my check and walked out. I was way out of line and don't want to lie. But I don't want it to ruin my chances of being hired. I was having a rough time and made a mistake.

Thank you Don! 🙏🙏

Whaaaat? The story of your friend from Barcelona was the same story why I was here in the comment section! Thank you for the tips!

What about being fired due to “not being a good fit” and not being given a chance to improve on the things you were asked?

Hey don, so I was fired from my last job only after three months. I was working with my supervisor who expected me to learn almost everything by myself, though i was assured during the interview to get some training. Besides, i was also going through divorce and that might have affected my performance. I talked to my boss about the issue, but my supervisor convinced them to let me go. I have now an interview and i would love your tips on how to explain that.

What about wrongfully terminated?

NEVER mention you were fired from a job; that will automatically disqualify you. Any job you were fired from belongs in the trash.

I just told the truth. The business owner had made a series of very bad decisions and his business was going under so he fired a handful of people trying to save money to save the business. It didn't work, he went belly up 4 months later.

Very informative channel. I was just watching 5 dangerous questions video but I wanted to comment on your recent video. I had an interview today and some of your tips helped me! Thanks for that! I really appreciate it.

When I was fired because it was so ridiculous I asked her “Do you feel good about yourself?”
“How do you sleep at night?”
“This is wildly inappropriate!”

That really is a neat way to describe getting terminated. I never thought of it like that 👍

Had two lazy worker Bees I managed, and eventually was fired for the quality of work they performed, made things difficult reporting to my manager with updates, I was let go they continued working